Rather than start a new thread, I'll add to this one. I appear to have the same issue, launcher.log returns:
I use 1.1.1.1 w/ encrypted DNS but I don't use a proxy so highly doubt that my net config is the cause of the 403
I'm hearing about a server migration of some kind so I wonder if this is related
11:26:03 PM 1600 WARNING: [ProtocolError] Download_attempts 99 of 100 offset 0
11:26:03 PM 1600 WARNING: http://apb.patch.gamersfirst.com/Client1.20.0.819684/APBGame/Content/Release/Maps/FinancialRiotDistrict/FinancialRiotDistrict_Survival_NorthEast.apb.zip (NetDNA-cache/2.2)
[ProtocolError] System.Net.WebException: The remote server returned an error: (403) Forbidden.
at System.Net.HttpWebRequest.GetResponse()
at Hosting.cDownloader.DownloadFile(String sTargetURL, String sDirname, String sFilename, Int64 nExpectSize, Int64& nDownloadSize, cDownloadFileControl DFControl)
11:26:03 PM 1600 WARNING: GetLastWin32Error:0
11:26:03 PM 1600 Content-Length: 321
11:26:03 PM 1600 Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2019 05:26:03 GMT
11:26:03 PM 1600 [HttpResponse CharacterSet] iso-8859-1
11:26:03 PM 1600 [HttpResponse ContentType] text/html; charset=iso-8859-1
11:26:03 PM 1600 [HttpResponse IsFromCache] False
11:26:03 PM 1600 [HttpResponse IsMutuallyAuthenticated] False
11:26:03 PM 1600 [HttpResponse LastModified] 12/16/2019 11:26:03 PM
11:26:03 PM 1600 [HttpResponse Method] GET
11:26:03 PM 1600 [HttpResponse ProtocolVersion] 1.1
11:26:03 PM 1600 [HttpResponse ResponseUri] http://apb.patch.gamersfirst.com/Client1.20.0.819684/APBGame/Content/Release/Maps/FinancialRiotDistrict/FinancialRiotDistrict_Survival_NorthEast.apb.zip
11:26:03 PM 1600 [HttpResponse Server] NetDNA-cache/2.2
11:26:03 PM 1600 [HttpResponse StatusCode] Forbidden
11:26:03 PM 1600 [HttpResponse StatusDescription] Forbidden
11:26:03 PM 1600 WARNING: RETRY (PORT:5193)[ProtocolError] (0)Success:
11:26:03 PM 1600 WARNING: [ProtocolError] Download_attempts 100 of 100 offset 0
11:26:03 PM 1600 WARNING: Failed to download http://apb.patch.gamersfirst.com/Client1.20.0.819684/APBGame/Content/Release/Maps/FinancialRiotDistrict/FinancialRiotDistrict_Survival_NorthEast.apb.zip after 100 attempts
11:26:03 PM 1600 Deleting C:\PROGRAM FILES (X86)\GAMERSFIRST\APB RELOADED\___.tmp
11:26:03 PM 1600 Setting file attributes for C:\PROGRAM FILES (X86)\GAMERSFIRST\APB RELOADED\___.tmp to normal
11:26:03 PM 1600 Downloading APBGame\Config\DefaultGame.ini.zip
11:26:03 PM 1600 Web host apb.patch.gamersfirst.com resolves to IP: 151.139.237.34, with Host Name: apb-patch-gamersfirst.reloadedgames.netdna-cdn.com
11:26:03 PM 1600 Download successful for http://apb.patch.gamersfirst.com/Client1.20.0.819684/APBGame/Config/DefaultGame.ini.zip after 1 attempts
11:26:03 PM 1600 Decompressing APBGame\Config\DefaultGame.ini.zip
11:26:03 PM 1600 Decompressing DefaultGame.ini.zip to DefaultGame.ini
11:26:03 PM 1600 Deleting C:\PROGRAM FILES (X86)\GAMERSFIRST\APB RELOADED\Client1.20.0.819684\APBGame\Config\DefaultGame.ini.zip
11:26:03 PM 1600 Setting file attributes for C:\PROGRAM FILES (X86)\GAMERSFIRST\APB RELOADED\Client1.20.0.819684\APBGame\Config\DefaultGame.ini.zip to normal
11:26:03 PM 1600 Checking C:\PROGRAM FILES (X86)\GAMERSFIRST\APB RELOADED\Client1.20.0.819684\APBGame\Config\DefaultGame.ini
11:26:03 PM 1600 Applying C:\PROGRAM FILES (X86)\GAMERSFIRST\APB RELOADED\Client1.20.0.819684\APBGame\Config\DefaultGame.ini
11:26:03 PM 1600 Setting file attributes for C:\PROGRAM FILES (X86)\GAMERSFIRST\APB RELOADED\APBGame\Config\DefaultGame.ini to normal
11:26:03 PM 1600 WARNING: 167 file download failed
